The Rear View Mirror 18.03.2268 NDS-A system “There’s nothing out here, Captain,” McMichael said from the pilot seat at the front of the corvette’s bridge, “I hate to be the one to say it, but this is going to be one of those all search and no rescue missions”. Chief Engineer Iwamasa spoke before … Read more
Severance Package 15.03.2268 Epsilon Indi star system Ted Allbright hated his job. This feeling wasn’t the kind of disdain people express about their jobs when they’ve had a bad day. No, Ted felt a visceral, and passionate hatred for his job. It wasn’t just the fact that running maintenance checks on communications relays was … Read more
The Meeting by Duncan Day The Meeting and Out in the Cold in PDF Format . For those wanting to read this story in one compact read, there is now available a PDF version, which includes the story Out in the Cold. Just click here. Dedication. Modders are people who can see beyond what … Read more
Just as Rudy was about to enter LDS on a random vector, the contacts resolved into League IFFs. Rudy became visibly more relaxed. Fatigue weighed on him suddenly, as he watched ship names scroll down his contact list. The STINGRAY, the BELGRANO, the NAMUROISE, the GIMINEZ, and the REYKJAVIK. He was mildly surprised to see … Read more
Rudy moved all three bodies into the exec’s room, sealed the hatch, and placed both weapons in his pockets before calling Janeane again. He tried to ignore the throbbing in his shoulder and arm. “Janeane. Tell me what you’ve got, no matter how bad it is.” Her breathing was still fast and laboured in her … Read more
“Look at what I found!” Marney stood beside Rudy and held up Knopf’s gun with the tips of her thumb and fingers, as if it had recently been extracted from a pachyderm’s rectum. “This is what was hurting my hip.” “I’ll take that.” Rudy grabbed the gun, and stepped clear of the console to allow … Read more
Within thirty minutes, three new contacts appeared on the NAV board, and resolved into the FISCAL JEER, and two of her tug escorts from before, the BABEL-17, and the CHUNG KUO. They slowed as they approached, stopping within a few dozen meters of the MYLENE B. Rudy watched it all in silence on the second … Read more
The docking and undocking took about fifteen minutes. The trio in the box returned to their respective stations, but no one seemed to truly relax. Their destination at Fjorgynn was only another few hours away. During the trip, Maitland proved to be a decent, if self-absorbed conversationalist. He also enjoyed Rudy’s scotch with alacrity. Rudy … Read more
As soon as they emerged from the L-point at Square Rock, Rudy’s bad feeling was back. He started to realize that this bad feeling had been with him even before he’d taken this shipping contract. Patrice Agbayewa had been the broker for this particular deal. Aggie was a Junker, and an old friend to Rudy. … Read more
It had been a long time since Rudy woke from his sleep in a fearful sweat. The nightmares had almost completely vanished in recent years, but this past week had seen them return for five nights in a row. He stumbled into the ‘fresher and splashed a little cool water on his face, and … Read more